Natural hazards · Benndale

Benndale, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Benndale comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Benndale?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Benndale to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes66%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Benndale faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

66% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Benndale flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Benndale.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Benndale isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: George County.

Disasters that hit Benndale

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Benndale itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Benndale.

Brought FEMA money into BenndaleDeclared for George County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

5 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

George County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Benndale is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Benndale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Benndale. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.